“ The Zanzibar port and two stcamships are now run and wholly managed by Zanzibaris. All British civil servants were ordered to leave by April, with the exception of dectors, port officials, officers and engineers, but it would scem that the sudden resignation of the remaining nine was done to bring about disrupticn.
Vice-President Amani Karume said: 'The colonialists had hoped to paralyse shipping in Zanzibar, but they did not succeed. Our steamers are operating as nicely ns usual with local,people, and we are quite capable. We have daily seen the evil and deceit of the colonialists: recently they used to deceive us that we were not able to rule by ourselves. But the people have seen thit there is nothing we cannot de, and we are well able to manage for ever our ow affairs.
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